Meet Our Commissioners

Jeff

Jeff Smart, Chairman


138 Trestle Street
Hamlet, NC 28345
Phone:  910-995-4523
e-mail: jeff.smart@richmondnc.com
Elected: November, 2020
Currently serving 1st term: December 2020-December 2024
 
Occupation:
Owner of Mabry's Drug & Home Care
 
Community Service/Business Affiliations:
Member, First Baptist Church, Hamlet, NC
Member, Hamlet Masonic Lodge
 
Justin

Justin Dawkins, Vice-Chairman


926 Home Avenue
Rockingham, NC 28379
Phone: 910-434-5636
e-mail: justin.dawkins@richmondnc.com
Elected: November, 2022
Currently serving 2nd term: December 2022-December 2026

Occupation:
Operations Director: Marley Engineered Products
 
Community Service/Business Affiliations:
Member, Richmond County Special Olympics Committee
Business Leader of North Carolina Special Olympics Corporation of the Year, 2018
Member, NC Chamber of Commerce Environmental Policy Committee
Director,  Richmond County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Member, Lumber River COG Workforce Development Board
Member, Hamlet Masonic Lodge 532 
Member, Scottish Rite Masonic Body, Charlotte Valley
Member, First Baptist Church, Rockingham
Rick

Rick W. Watkins, Ed.D.,  Commissioner


P.O. Box 1590
Hamlet, NC 28345
Phone: 910-582-4299
e-mail: rick.watkins@richmondnc.com
Elected: November, 2022
Currently serving 2nd term:  December 2022 -- December 2026

Occupation:
Assistant Professor, Wingate University, Thayer School of Education
Educational Consultant

Community Service/Business Affiliations:
Congregation Council President, Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Hamlet, NC
United Way of the Carolinas site leader for the Ballantyne Campus
Coordinator of the Master's Program in Educational Leadership, Wingate University
Member of the North Carolina Association of School Administrators
Member of the North Carolina Professors of Educational Leadership
Member of the Faculty Senate and Athletics Committee at Wingate University

Toni

Toni R. Maples, Commissioner


165 Beane Run 
Rockingham, NC  28379
Phone: 910-206-5595
e-mail: toni.maples@richmondnc.com
Elected: November, 2020
Currently serving 1st term: December 2020-December 2024

Occupation:
Teacher

Community Service/Business Affiliations:
Richmond County Chamber Ambassador
Veteran's Day Parade Committee
Habitat for Humanity Women Build Chair
Member, Richmond Service League
Pi Omega Pi
National Honor Society for Business Teachers
Rockingham Woman's Club

Andy

Andy Grooms, Commissioner


360 Battley Dairy Rd, 
Hamlet, NC 28345
Phone: 910-417-9244
e-mail: andy.grooms@richmondnc.com
Elected: November, 2020

Currently serving 1st term: December 2020-December 2024

 
Occupation:
Miner, Covia

Community Service/Business Affiliations:
Member, Loyal Order of Moose 1838

Jason


Jason Gainey, Commissioner


519A Rockingham Road
Rockingham NC 28379
Phone: 910-417-4916
e-mail: jason.gainey@richmondnc.com
Elected: November 2022
Currently serving 1st term: December 2022-December 2026

Occupation:
Owner, Sandhills Best Care, LLC

Community Service/Business Affiliations:
NC Medicaid CCNC DYAD Board
Richmond County Hospice Board of Directors

Robin

Robin Roberts, Commissioner


PO Box 118
Cordova, NC 28330
Phone: 910-995-2889
e-mail: robin.roberts@richmondnc.com
Elected: November 2022
Currently serving 1st term: December 2022-December 2026

Occupation
General manager, Hudson Brothers Deli

Community Service/Business Affiliation:
VFW Post 4203 Auxiliary President
NCVFW District 9 Junior Vice President
Rockingham Downtown President